Libbying

15k people filling Toyota Center and loved starting with Defying Gravity song and Dr Latanya Sweeney telling about the power of data to do good either the right applications. Contrast sleep number bed sending data on your sleep to third party to get to you vs Apple Watch sending data direct to your phone. Look at studies and papers that have helped the helpers - sites giving wrong voting data - give info to AG and their office can fix. Show that data being given away without permission really impacts privacy and can lead to refs like HIPAA. More to come...

I need to re-read this one regularly. Empathy I’ve got down, but I definitely notice when I am too connected to someone else’s sadness, anxiety, exhaustion, or frustration. Separate. Have compassion. Practice loving-kindness while only owning my own emotions. Working on it.

    Tracy K. Smith Talks to Gregory Pardlo On Poetry, Manifestos, and David Bowie vs. Elton John http://lithub.com/tracy-k-smith-talks-to-gregory-pardlo/

More details coming soon about what I’ll be doing and where, but wanted to share my happy good news!

It wasn’t the most vital part of our infertility journey that our child(ren) resemble anyone in particular, but... it was on the list. After successful previous donations and any indication of level of intelligence, I looked for some sign that the kiddo would feel like part of the family sitting at our table: curly hair, Italian or Norwegian heritage, green eyes... Something that looked like me, or at least didn’t NOT look me... And as it turns out, my son has both curly hair and greenish eyes like me, and his sister has the red-blond hair and blue eyes of her daddy. Still, as they grow up, what I see most of all is how they love to dance and read and play and cuddle, and that’s definitely like us!

Such a good reminder: 2s aren’t terrible. It’s the “boundary” stage. And oh, boy (and girl), isn’t it, though?! :-)

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We’d like to do better with the transitions next time, but this definitely improved the Sunday run!

Heh. I KNOW I have some friends who, like me, have experienced this. :-)

Conceptually I’m there with them. But “power-walk to the gym”? Um, yeah. They don’t live in my-gym-is-across-town Houston.

Can’t wait to read this book (series of books). LOVE.

Sigh. I knew these were going to be the steps. I know them. I do maybe 1/4 of them. Sometimes. Sigh. 

This! Yes. All colors for all children. All the things for all children. My son wants a sparkly panda and my daughter wants a robot. YES. MORE of this.

Was it worth it? 5+ years, so many thousands of dollars, so many compromises and medications, so many disappointments and fears: Oh yes, they are SO worth it.

Mostly agree. Although the career path can matter: someone’s got to pay the mortgage.

This makes me so sad. I’m a member/donor and listen to the classical station ALL THE TIME in the car. It’s wonderful for helping calm the kids (and me, too). I understand there are other ways to listen, but for me, I will have a much harder time. BOO.